The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-25
AYOUNG GIRL KILLS A Man
BECAUSE HE RAVISHED HER IN
JUNE LAST,
When She Was Too Innocent Ia
Realize the Possible C0nse-
queRces to Herself.
HER FATHERS HELP, WITH A
DOUBLE BARRELED GUN,
or Great Service in Accomplishing
the Job In a Turnip Patch on
Latham Avenue.

When crime oncs breaks out there
ia small chance to suppress it until
the epidemic has spent its force.
While the public is in fever OF ex.
element over the Pigeon Roost road
horror, another hornble tragedy is
enacted. The parties on both sides
are of different class, aud the cir
cumstsnces reveal deplorable state
OF affairs, involving sin and shame on
the part of youpg woman OF IL.
About 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon
young man rode rapidly to the Office
of DR.. II. L. Willitord and stated that
MAN HAD BEEN SHOT
on Latham avenue, about two miles
south of the city. The doctor hurried
to the scene and found the wounded
man to be w. H. Allen, brother-in-
law of DR.. I. B. Haynes, the cotton
buyer, at Whose hou.e he was lying.
The police were also notified, and the
intelligence shorty sfierward came to
the ears OF an APPEAL reporter, who
rode out and secured the following
PARTICULARS OF THE TRAGEDY:
Abou o'clock in the afternoon, the
victim, W. II. Allen, was at work in
Mr., Haynes's turnip patch, near the
residence OF James Moore, carpenter,
who lives about 800 yards north OF the
Haynes residence. While cutting the
turnips, Moore's daughter, about II
years old, came up with bucket and
asked to have it filed with the green's.
Allen told her that was all right; upon
this the girl began to climb the fence
for the purpose of getting them her
self, when Allen remarked that it was
unnecessary trouble as he had bar
rel full and would attend to it for her.
She paid no attention to his proffered
service, but got over the fence and
walked up 10 within few feet OF him.
Without word she set the bucket
down,
PULLED PISTOL
from somewhere in the folds of her
dress and began firing. This 30
startled Allen that he stood rooted to
the spot until the girl had fred four
shots, one of which took effect in the
victims breast. Her father then came
up with double barreled shotgun and
discharged both barrels. The weapon
was heavily loaded with buckshot, all
of which entered the body of Allen.
One of the shot struck him in the left
wrist, and the others in the abdomen
and right hip. The abdomen wound
was chastity, the aperture left being
sufficiently large to admit the doctors
hand. 1t was the hip wound, how
ever, that proved most serious, almost
an entire charge entering at that
place.
THE WITNESS Rs.
There were only two witnesses to
the shooting-a negio man and
young son OF Mr.. Haynes Tns latter
was almost frightened into spssms, and
ran. He claims that he was too near
the range of the pistol and shot gun
and scampsred to q place of safety.
The negro also got out OF the way as
quickly as possible, and could not tell
much alb nut it. AS soon as the shoot
ing occurred Mrs. Haynes ran to the
scene, and arrived just in time to pre-
vent the girl from emptying the re-
naming chamber of her pistol into the
body Of her victim. Bystsndars i'm.
provised a rude litter, and placing
Allen upon it conveyed him to the
house OF Mr.. Haynes.
DEATH RELIEVE, HIS sUFFERINGs.
The reporter saw Allen about three
hours after he was shot. His suffer.
ings were intense, and provoked pierre.
ing groans. Mingled with them were
cries for his sister, Mrs. Haynes, and
that lady remained almost constantly
at his bedside, administering with all
the tenderness of which a sister is
capable, but all these efforts, and those
of the surgeon to save him failed. He
passed away in mortal agony at $40
o'clock. Allen came to this city from
Texas about year ago. He had been
in that State and the Iudian Ma.
ton stock raising. He was a widower
with two children, about 81 years of
age and weighed 2O4 POUNDS.
FATHER AND DAUGHTER ARRESTED.
Sergeant Hedhck, accompanied by
T. P. Lacey and Fireman Fox, went
out about 8 O'Clock last night and
found it difficult to locate Moore's |
house. They enlisted Mr.. Joe Nutzell,
who lives in the neighborhood, and he |
piloted them to the place. Father |
and daughter were found at home,
and made no opposition to the de-
msnds OF the officer to consider them
selves under arrest. A horse was
hitched to the family buggy, and |
brother Of the woman drove the pris-
oners to the Station House They |
were conducted to Chief Davis's office
and confined there during the night.